Chapter 42: A Loving Mother Loses Her Son
On the second day, Yan Dong came again, leading Li Shimin's will to scold Cai Cong, why don't you do your job, you don't want to serve the country! Playthings are demoralized! All the people who could scold were scolded, and after scolding, he told him to hurry up and deal with these miscellaneous things, and there were still a lot of military affairs waiting for him, and finally took away ten cooks. said that it was seconded, but whether it would be returned, Cai Cong felt that it was enough.
After Yan Dong left, Cai Cong was silent alone for a long time, and it seemed that he had to hurry up and communicate with the queen about making money. Yan Dong is nominally here to borrow the cook, but in fact, Li Shimin wants to tell him that the matter is done quickly, and you will soon be asked to strengthen the army.
This made him a little frustrated, the concept of thousands of years is not something he can reverse in a few words, Li Shimin still does not attach importance to the theory of business and enriching the people, at least in his opinion, it is still not as important as strengthening the army.
"Girl, if you don't do it yourself, there will always be a time when you will regret it. Mont Baolai, where did you die? Get the hell out of here. After thinking about it too much, Cai Cong also held back a fire in his heart, and his speech became irritable.
"My little master! Don't get angry, aren't you just ten people? This is our honor, as long as the restaurant opens in the future, the chefs in the palace are all out of our restaurant, so the guests are not allowed to come to Wuyang? ”
Meng Baolai has not gone far, since Cai Cong sat here with a bad face, he has been watching in the corner, and thought that Cai Cong was asked to leave by the emperor because of the cook, and he was not happy.
"Fart, can I do this? If you don't find out the three generations of you, who would dare to keep you in the palace? Don't talk nonsense, arrange to find it at once, go to the tooth shop, buy me some blacksmiths and come back, and check where there is that white sand. Cai Cong said angrily, the vision of this guy in front of him is still not enough, it's good to have a backer in this life, and that's it without a backer.
"I'll arrange it right away, by the way, there are some blacksmiths in the workshop where a certain family lives, so it's convenient if it's just ordinary things."
"Let's go buy it. Tell them to remember to be honest and responsible, and those who are vicious are not allowed to buy them back. ”
"You can rest assured, it's not an innocent person, and the tooth shop doesn't dare to sell it."
"Cheng, I don't have to worry about you doing things, tell Ajie that I will arrange someone to send some more food to Miss Yan in a while. She was such a picky eater at a young age, and she had my demeanor, and I admired her. Cai Cong said that Meng Baolai wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh very hard.
"Laugh if you want! The affairs here will be managed by Lao Jiu for the time being, and you will accompany me back to the village. Seeing that winter is coming, it's time to buy some New Year's goods. "Cai Cong has to go back, Caijia Village is his root. The old man killed his grandson with his own hands, which shocked Cai Cong. The family is in the world, the family is in front, and no one says that the old man's approach is wrong, this is an accepted concept.
He bought some books and the four treasures of the study, and asked Mr. again when he went back, so that the monkey cubs in the village could study well, so as not to run around all day.
Besides, a family cannot rely on just one person, and the power of the collective is huge. Look at those thousand-year-old families, which are full of talents, when did you hear that one person can support a thousand-year-old family?
When Li Shimin opens the imperial examination, maybe someone from the Cai family can pass the imperial examination and enter the office, which should make the old man happy! The three characters have to be made out first, and when Li Shimin turns around, he has no time to write.
It's really pitiful to think about those children's enlightenment to learn thousand-character texts, except for the first few sentences, the words behind are more obscure than the other, so there are three characters so easy to understand?
That's right, just do it, anyway, you won't be short of money when you look back, and then let the children in the surrounding villages come to study for free, and spread your good reputation first, with this reputation, even if she has an accident that day, that stupid woman will spend the rest of her life in the admiration of others.
Bah, how can Lao Tzu be so easy to hang, the prosperous Tang Dynasty, I haven't seen all the countries coming to the court, but I can't die. Otherwise, when I look back and see the king of Hades, I am afraid that I will have to be laughed at, and it is the most useless traverser!
Cai Cong is not good at this, he will empty his head and think nonsense when he has nothing to do, and the more he thinks about it, the happier he becomes. Meng Baolai and the others heard the oozing laughter coming from time to time in the carriage, and goosebumps rose, who is this master planning to attack? The last time I laughed like this was when I was in Youwuwei, General Li didn't know why he didn't dare to see this master for two days.
But fortunately, I am not qualified to make this young master laugh like this, and it is not me who is unlucky. The crowd comforted themselves in their hearts and at the same time expressed sympathy for someone who was about to be unlucky.
"Xiao Langjun, we're here." After the carriage arrived at the door, Cai Cong never got out of the car, and Meng Baolai shouted softly.
So fast? Cai Cong opened the curtain and looked, isn't it, there are still a few chickens pecking in the yard! It's not your own home.
"Mother, I'm back!" Cai Cong jumped out of the carriage and shouted loudly.
"Xiao Langjun is back, Madame is out! The people from the next village came to borrow grain, and the lady went over to entertain them. "Cai Cong was greeted by a servant girl, I forgot which one sent it, a total of four.
"Why do you have to go to my mother for such a trivial matter? What about Brother Wei Guo? Cai Cong frowned, it's not that he is playing music, his status is different, his way of doing things is naturally different, and a small villager is not qualified to be received by a lady of the command.
"Madame said, they are all from the township, and they have helped the government when they were down, and they can't put up a shelf and take a tone when they are out now, so they went over in person. It's right where the grain depot is, and it hasn't been long since I went. ”
"Got it, you unload the things, and I'll go find my mother."
Cai Cong finished speaking and left, and when he arrived at the grain depot, he found that there were quite a lot of people, all wearing patched single clothes, and a better one outside was a shabby robe full of patches. They all trembled, but their eyes were full of longing as they looked at the granary.
"Old bolt, how much food do you think you will want? The newly developed landlord doesn't know what his heart is, if it is higher than the Liu landlord in the west, it will be miserable. Someone covered his hands and stamped his feet and asked the people around him, the worry on his face engraved in the wrinkles that had eroded over the years.
"It's hard to say, I've heard people say that this is a kind family, and it shouldn't ask for such a high grain interest." The person being questioned said angrily, but his tone was not very sure.
Cai Cong also knows that it is common to borrow grain for the winter to grow grain, and some landlords are black-hearted, and they want to harvest a few percent of the grain interest, and in the second year, the peasants will repay the grain and then repay the interest, and basically there is nothing left at home.
Cai Cong walked over, and the people guarding the grain depot naturally knew Cai Cong, so they let Cai Cong in directly.
"Mother, I'm back, Brother Wei Guo is also here!"
Cai Cong walked in and saw a middle-aged man talking stiffly, Sister Cai and Wei Guo were listening carefully.
"Son, when did you come back?" Seeing Cai Cong coming back, Sister Cai shouted happily. She is always worried when her son is not around, for fear that something will happen.
"I just came back, Brother Wei Guo, you go out first, I have something to discuss with my mother." Cai Cong smiled and nodded to Wei Guo and them, and motioned for them to go out first.
"You go out with me, Mrs. and Xiaolangjun have something, I'll see you later." Wei Guo turned to the middle-aged man and said nonchalantly, and walked out with him.
"Son, they are all villagers in the village, and they have lent grain to our family before, so ...... So I plan to lend them food. Sister Cai was a little squirming, and looked at Cai Cong cautiously after speaking. She knows how much her son values food, otherwise she wouldn't have bought food desperately.
"Then what does the mother plan to collect most of their grain interest?" Cai Cong wanted to tease Sister Cai, so he asked with a wicked smile.
"Sansei, no! Thirty and a half, no more, and in the coming year they will have to borrow grain again. Sister Cai stretched out three fingers and said nervously, for fear that Cai Cong would not agree.
"That's not going to work." Cai Cong said without thinking about it, and he was shocked in his heart. Listening to Sister Cai'er's meaning, thirty and a half percent is already very benevolent, you must know that this will be usury in the future life.
"Huh? My son begs you, but my mother begs you, can't you? Sister Cai squatted down and coaxed Cai Cong, just like a child.
"Mother, you misunderstood, I mean the grain interest is too high. Let's do it! Looking at Sister Cai'er's red eyes that were about to collapse, Cai Cong didn't dare to tease anymore.
"Huh? Wouldn't we be too disadvantaged? Sister Cai was stunned for a moment, and became entangled, although she had to do good things, her family would suffer a lot if she did this.
"That's not how my mother counts, if we want to carry forward the Cai family, we not only need to have money and status, but more importantly, we need to have a good reputation. With your son here, our family will not be short of money in the future, and it will not hurt us to do some good deeds and accumulate some fame now. ”
Cai Cong explained seriously, Sister Cai was at a loss, but kept nodding, whatever he did, as long as what his son said was right, it would definitely be right. That's right, she spoils her son so much, and everything follows him.
"Mother listens to you everything, and what you say is right. I'm going to tell them and spread the word. Sister Cai was about to run out as she spoke, but was stopped by Cai Cong, he didn't come to say this.
"Mother, let's run a private school! How about making it possible for children from nearby villages to come to school? Our family invites Mr. and does not need them to pay. ”
"Huh? It's good for you to look at it, but my mother doesn't understand, so you call the shots! Sister Cai said with a smile, anyway, her son is happy, and nothing else matters.
"Okay, I'll say it's your idea in a while, let them treat you as a bodhisattva." Cai Cong was a little speechless, he felt that even if he killed someone now, Sister Cai would only say that there was danger and tell others to go, instead of asking him not to kill.